North East Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| North East Hampshire County constituency |
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| North East Hampshire shown within Hampshire, and Hampshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | James Arbuthnot |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Hampshire |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
North East Hampshire is a parliamentary constituency in the English county of Hampshire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
Towns and villages in the constituency include Eversley, Hartley Wintney, Hook, Fleet, Odiham, Bentley, Bordon, Headley, Selborne, Lindford and Liphook. The constituency is largely based around the district of Hart.
Its southernmost part will move into East Hampshire after boundary changes which will take effect at next general election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1997)
- 1997 — present: James Arbuthnot, Conservative
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: North East Hampshire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | James Arbuthnot | 25,407 | 53.7 | +0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Adam Carew | 12,858 | 27.2 | +4.2 | |
| Labour | Kevin McGrath | 7,630 | 16.1 | −3.8 | |
| UK Independence | Paul Birch | 1,392 | 2.9 | −1.0 | |
| Majority | 12,549 | 26.5 | |||
| Turnout | 47,287 | 64.8 | +3.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −1.8 | |||
| General Election 2001: North East Hampshire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | James Arbuthnot | 23,379 | 53.2 | +2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Plummer | 10,122 | 23.0 | +0.3 | |
| Labour | Barry Jones | 8,744 | 19.9 | +3.8 | |
| UK Independence | Graham Mellstrom | 1,702 | 3.9 | +3.0 | |
| Majority | 13,257 | 30.2 | |||
| Turnout | 43,947 | 61.6 | -12.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: North East Hampshire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | James Arbuthnot | 26,017 | 50.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Mann | 11,619 | 22.7 | ||
| Labour | Peter Dare | 8,203 | 16.0 | ||
| Referendum Party | Dai Rees | 2,420 | 4.7 | ||
| Independent (politician) | Keki Jessavala | 2,400 | 4.7 | ||
| UK Independence | Christopher Berry | 452 | 0.9 | ||
| Majority | 14,398 | ||||
| Turnout | 74.0 | ||||
[edit] Sources
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Guardian)
